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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-84-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
FacilitationOptionsDecision
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis